Guide to the Clyde W. Stauffer Family Photograph Album

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1 Guide to the Clyde W. Stauffer Family Photograph Album David Haberstich Processing and encoding funded by a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources Archives Center, National Museum of American History P.O. Box Suite 1100, MRC 601 Washington, D.C archivescenter@si.edu

2 Table of Contents Collection Overview... 1 Administrative Information... 1 Scope and Contents... 2 Arrangement... 2 Biographical / Historical... 1 Names and Subjects... 2 Container Listing... 4

3 Collection Overview Repository: Archives Center, National Museum of American History Title: Identifier: Date: Extent: 0.1 cubic feet (1 box) Creator: Stauffer, Clyde Weaver, (policeman) Stauffer, Clyde Weaver, Mrs. Language: English Summary: The collection consists of a disassembled photograph album, featuring images from the travels of Stauffer and his wife. Administrative Information Acquisition Information This collection was bequeathed by Clyde W. Stauffer in August Mr. Stern, as administrator of the estate, sent the album to the Museum. Processing Information Processed by David Haberstich, July, 1986 Preferred Citation, , Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Restrictions Collection is open for research. Conditions Governing Use Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions. Biographical / Historical Born in Alliance, Ohio on November 28, 1899, Clyde Stauffer served in the U.S. Navy from November 8, 1917 to July 31, He later worked as a police officer in Detroit, Michigan. He and his wife were active Page 1 of 4

4 in the Veterans of Foreign Wars police post in Detroit, serving terms as post commander and president of the Women's Auxiliary, respectively. They traveled extensively throughout the United States to attend VFW meetings, and the album forms a record of their travels during the years After retirement from the Detroit police force, the Stauffers moved to Oscoda, Michigan, and he worked at Wurtsmith Air Force Base. Later they lived in Tucson, Arizona. Stauffer died in August, Album forms a record of vacation travel by Mr. and Mrs. Clyde W. Stauffer, Their travels were occasioned by Mr. Stauffer's position as commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars police post of Detroit, Michigan, and the need to attend V.F.W. meetings around the country. Mrs. Stauffer was president of the V.F.W. auxiliary. Mr. and Mrs. James H. Stern met the Stauffers in Oscoda, Michigan, and both families eventually relocated in Tucson, Arizona. Scope and Contents This album consists of 109 loose pages, bearing a total of 134 black and white silver gelatin photoprints, some postcards, and a photomechanical reproduction clipped from a publication, with a 1939 World's Fair ticket stub. The subjects of the photographs include: Lincoln's birthplace and other sites in Kentucky; Tennessee; Georgia; Florida; Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts; the 1939 New York World's Fair, ships in Battery Park and Manhattan buildings; the ships The Normandie, The Queen Mary, and The U.S.S. Constitution and the Southern Clipper airplane; the Badlands and Black Hills of South Dakota, Cathedral Spires and Mount Rushmore portrait busts during construction; Yellowstone National Park and Wyoming; Rocky Mountain National Park, Pikes Peak and Denver, Colorado; Bryce Canyon, the Mormon Temple, Zion National Park, Salt Lake City and other areas of Utah; Boulder Dam; Santa Catalina Island; Carlsbad Caverns; and celebrities Bill Robinson and Eddie "Rochester" Anderson at a barbecue in Los Angeles. There are also photographs of the Stauffers and of friends whom they visited during their travels. Arrangement The collection is arranged into Names and Subject Terms This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Smithsonian Institution under the following terms: Subjects: African American entertainers -- 20th century Automobile travel -- Photographs U.S.A. Entertainers Exhibitions New York National parks and reserves Parks -- Photographs U.S.A. Recreation -- Photographs U.S.A. Travel -- Photographs Vacations -- Photographs Veterans -- Photographs Veterans -- societies, etc -- United States Page 2 of 4

5 Types of Materials: Albums Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints Postcards Tickets -- World's Fair, New York (N.Y.) Names: Anderson, Eddie "Rochester" New York World's Fair ( ) Robinson, Bill, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Geographic Names: Badlands National Park (S.D.) photographs Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.) -- photographs Bryce Canyon National Park -- photographs Utah Colorado -- photographs Florida -- photographs Georgia -- photographs Kentucky -- photographs Los Angeles (Calif.) -- photographs Mt. Rushmore S.D. -- photographs South Dakota -- photographs Tennessee -- photographs Wyoming -- photographs Zion National Park (Utah) -- photographs Page 3 of 4

6 Container Listing Box 1 Photograph Album, Image(s) Page 4 of 4